Popular Documentary TV Shows - Page 152
Free Meek
2019
Free Meek
2019
star 6.7This intimate documentary series chronicles Meek Mill's transformation from chart-topping rapper to galvanizing face of criminal justice reform. As Meek, his family and his legal team fight for his freedom, cameras capture the birth of the #FREEMEEK movement and re-investigate a case filled with allegations of dirty cops and systemic corruption in a broken judicial system.The Forbidden City
2005
The Forbidden City
2005
star 9.2The history of China's Imperial Palace, which was home to 24 emperors from 1368 to 1911.Murder Calls
2017
Murder Calls
2017
star 8.3Base line reenactments of people being murdered while being on the phone with 911 services.Anatomy of a Scene
2001
Anatomy of a Scene
2001
star 6Anatomy of a Scene is a television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. As a tagline for the series notes, each 30-minute episode "dissects the art of filmmaking" of a scene from a specific film, often a film previously showcased at a Sundance Film Festival. An episode examines the scene from multiple perspectives, such as production design, costume design, cinematography, storyboards, writing, music, acting, and directing. Interviews with the cast and crew are interspersed with snippets from the film. Episodes of the show are often included on the DVD release of the films they study.Great Hotels
2001
Great Hotels
2001
star 10Great Hotels is a television show on the Travel Channel. The show, hosted by Samantha Brown, travels around the United States to show some of its most renowned hotels. Brown stays at the hotel and walks the viewer through the layout, the rooms, and extra features the hotel has to offer that make it unique and desirable.Dark Net
2016
Dark Net
2016
star 5.8A documentary series that explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequent it, Dark Net provides a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld rarely witnessed by most of us. Provocative, thought-provoking and frequently profound, each episode illuminates an exciting, ever-expanding frontier where people can do anything and see anything, whether they should or not.The Checkout
2013
The Checkout
2013
star 3.3A satirical consumer affairs series which takes a no-holds-barred, irreverent and entertaining approach to explaining and exposing the ways that all of us are being ripped off. The Checkout is consumer affairs TV for the twenty first century offering a revolutionary new wonder diet of information and entertainment that’s clinically proven and 26% fat free.Hollywood Weapons
2017
Hollywood Weapons
2017
star 6.8Some of the most thrilling weapons action sequences from movies and TV are put to the test. Join U.S. Special Forces veteran Terry Schappert and weapons master Larry Zanoff as they utilize the expertise of Hollywood's premier prop house and weapons builder — and break down some of the most explosive action in Hollywood history.New York Homicide
2022
New York Homicide
2022
star 6.1A deep dive into some of the most chilling murder cases in New York City's recent history. New York City is a shining beacon of opportunity for people across the world and a true melting pot. It's a city with a gritty core, where tensions run high. A series of details to the brazen crimes that could only happen in New York and the intense work by law enforcement and civilians who race to take murderers off the streets.Interrogation Raw
2022
Interrogation Raw
2022
star 6.2Criminal cases can be won or lost in the interrogation room. Interrogation Raw is a true crime series that explores fascinating interrogations. Each episode captures the make-or-break moments that occurs within those four walls.Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
2020
star 6.9What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.World War I: The Complete Story
1964
star 8One of the most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV documentaries, this series, narrated by Robert Ryan, contains some of the highest quality World War 1 footage known to exist.From Cradle to Stage
2021
From Cradle to Stage
2021
star 5.8Honest, humorous and emotional, each episode features a famous performer and their mother, alongside Dave and Virginia Grohl, as they take an impassioned journey home and explore each artists' upbringing and the tools they received as a young talent to survive the turbulence of success.The Business of Drugs
2020
star 7To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.Legends with JBL
2015
The King
2022
The King
2022
star 8.4The series Király explores the life and tragic death of Jimmy Zámbó, one of the defining figures of the pop music scene after the regime change, mixing real events with fictional elements. Everyone knows the end of the story: the King is dead. But what led to this?Kids of Courage
2019
Kids of Courage
2019
star 8This outstanding and sensitive drama series tells a young and family audience the stories of children who lived through a most difficult era in recent history - and who grew with its challenges.The 43
2019
The 43
2019
star 6.7This docuseries disputes the Mexican government's account of how and why 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College vanished in Iguala in 2014.Portréty
2005
Portréty
2005
The Grand Canal
2024
The Grand Canal
2024
The year 2024 is the 10th year of the Grand Canal's successful application for World Heritage. In order to spread the pulse of the times when the thousand-year-old Grand Canal flows to the current day, and polish the Chinese cultural card, "The Grand Canal" opens a new chapter of documentary on the Grand Canal. The scholars from various fields and young talent representatives organize into a "Canal Visiting Group" and embark on a journey along the Canal, and each episode will bring them together in a city along the Canal. Through in-depth field visits, "Shining Night" with local characteristics, and in-depth chats about the "Opening of the Canal", the "Canal Visiting Group" will lead the audience to experience the blending of the Canal's history and modernity, and present the long-standing and well-established cultural essence of the Canal to everyone.
